Thorneyburn St Aidan

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The
church was built by the Greenwich Hospital Commissioners in 1818 to
provide a living for ex Royal Navy Chaplains after the Napoleonic
Wars. It is similar in design to churches in Humshaugh, Wark and
Greystead built about the same time. The original name was Draper
Croft but, as the Commissioners had a Parliamentary Bill prepared for a
parish elsewhere in the country called Thorneyburn and did not proceed
to build it, they used the Bill and the name for erecting St. Aidan's
as the parish church. The vicarage was built to the same design as
Falstone and Greystead.Adorning the north wall are two hatchments, believed to be associated with the Greenwich Hospital.The parish of Thorneyburn with Greystead was amalgamated with Falstone in 1981.The
church draws its congregation from the surrounding farms and houses and
the villages of Greenhaugh and Lanehead as well as the hamlet of
Gatehouse.